A man who was allegedly firing a homemade cannon east of Palmdale in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County was taken into custody Thursday morning, SWAT officials said.
Investigators responded around 5 a.m. to reports of a man firing a cannon in the 34000 block of 175th Street East in the Llano area, about 25 miles east of Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
#LASD SEB SWAT activation Llano area, man firing home made cannon??? In custody, area safe. Hwy 138 open. @LASDHQ pic.twitter.com/BuR6unuxJx — SEB (@SEBLASD) October 23, 2014
The man was arrested by responding authorities and the area was deemed safe, officials said.
It was unclear what, if anything, was being fired at. Sheriff's at the Palmdale Station were handling the investigation.
The incident did not affect traffic on Highway 138.
